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Stolen SUV comes to stop, suspects arrested

By DAVID MELSON - dmelson@t-g.com
Posted 11/25/20

Two suspects have been charged with the theft of an SUV Sunday from a home near Unionville. Shelbyville police officers had earlier pursued the Ford Expedition through Shelbyville, reaching a speed of 80 mph on South Cannon Boulevard before discontinuing the chase due to high speed on a narrow two-lane roadway...

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Stolen SUV comes to stop, suspects arrested

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Two suspects have been charged with the theft of an SUV Sunday from a home near Unionville.

Shelbyville police officers had earlier pursued the Ford Expedition through Shelbyville, reaching a speed of 80 mph on South Cannon Boulevard before discontinuing the chase due to high speed on a narrow two-lane roadway.

The driver, identified as Christopher Anthony Shelton, 34, of Shelbyville, allegedly remained on U.S. 231 South until the SUV developed engine problems near the crest of Chestnut Ridge in Lincoln County. The SUV’s owner found it and notified law enforcement, said a report by Bedford County deputy Savannah Martin.

A Lincoln County deputy chased down Shelton on foot and captured him on Chestnut Ridge. A companion, identified as Jacqueline Michelle Anderson, 22, was arrested by Lincoln County walking nearby.

Witnesses near Unionville told investigators surveillance video shows Shelton, who is listed as having no fixed address, knocking on the door of a home on Halls Mill Road and looking into vehicles before going across 41-A North and stealing the SUV. Moments later Shelton allegedly picked up Anderson at a nearby convenience store. Anderson left behind a box truck listed as stolen in Kentucky, Martin’s report said.

Shelton is charged with theft of property, auto burglary (motor home), driving on a revoked license and evading arrest. He is being held at Bedford County Jail on $26,000 bond.

Anderson, charged with criminal impersonation and theft of property. is being held on $15,000 bond.

**Drug arrest

Drug-related charges were filed against a woman who, along with a teenage boy, was found passed out in a vehicle in the parking lot of a North Main Street convenience store late Monday night.

Police allegedly found Xanax and syringes on Larissa Shontae Voytko, 30, of Bugscuffle Road, as she regained consciousness. The boy said he had taken a pill she had given him, which police think was Xanax.

Voytko was charged with DUI, possession of a schedule IV drug and drug paraphernalia, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She was held on $5,500 bond. The boy was released to a parent.

**Thefts

A rifle has been stolen from a truck at a Lower Halls Mill Road farm where Juan Diego Frias Gutierrez was shot to death Oct. 11 and Jose Angel Osuna Mendez critically wounded.

The gun was noticed missing Nov. 10, the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office was told Monday.

One suspect in the shooting, Juan Juarez, was arrested in October. Suspect Rolando Garcia remains at large.

•Clothing, prescription drugs and vehicle keys are missing from a home in the 2200 block of U.S. 41A South, the BCSO was told Sunday.

•The license plate was taken from a car on Staley Road, a BCSO report filed Monday said.

**Jail intake

The following were charged since Monday by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office, Shelbyville Police Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol or 17th Judicial District Drug Task Force. They are only charged; guilt or innocence will be determined by the courts.

•Jessie Leann Adams, 32, Savannah, Tenn.; shoplifting; released, no bond

•Blanca Estela Alvarado, 38, Valley Road; driving on suspended license, no driver’s license; summons delivered

•Teresa Benitez, 37, Landers Street; driving without valid license; citation issued

•Barbara Ann Blacksmith, 45, Nashville; probation revocation; held, no bond

•Kenneth Bernard Hall, 58, Old Flat Creek Road; violation of no contact order; released, $1,000 bond

•Luis Manuel Rizo, 24, Eagle Boulevard; driving on revoked license (fifth offense), no proof of insurance, speeding (65/45), violation of probation; released, $5,000 bond

•Paul Howard Stafford, 44, Warners Bridge Road; attachment; released, $1,000 bond

•Larissa Shontae Voytko, 30, Bugscuffle Road; DUI, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of schedule IV drug; held, $5,500 bond